Jorge Janaite Neto

@janaite
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Software Programming, Information Retrieval, #History , #Z80 and 6502 Retrocomputers. #UNIX Q108062073 #Forth programming #Forth #ForthLang
UNIX V4 tape from University of Utah (raw) : Computer History Museum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

UNIX V4 tape from the University of Utah, received by Martin Newell in June 1974 around when he modeled the Utah Teapot.This is the raw analog waveform and the...

Internet Archive

Longer, higher-quality version of the phone video of Al Kossow reading the tape and some chatter about the process:

https://exquisite.tube/w/qoHtHzpNXncHwrfqpx31tF

There will still be professional video at some point.

Unix V4 Tape Reading

PeerTube

#commodore #c64 #demo #fairlight

It still amazes me to see what is possible with a 1 Mhz. computer, which is more than 40 years old.

A Fayre Glow (Fairlight) - Commodore 64 - Demoscene - SID 6581

[www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HR0...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HR0JX251x0&list=RD2HR0JX251x0&start_radio=1)

[A Fayre Glow (Fairlight) - Com...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HR0JX251x0&list=RD2HR0JX251x0&start_radio=1)

A Fayre Glow (Fairlight) - Commodore 64 - Demoscene - SID 6581

YouTube

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973

Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition

We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum

#retrocomputing

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

Ars Technica
Demoscene question! Which, if any, Atari 8-bit (800/XL/XE/5200) cartridge mappers are of interest to homebrew/scene/game developers nowadays?

https://github.com/atari800/atari800/blob/master/DOC/cart.txt
atari800/DOC/cart.txt at master · atari800/atari800

Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator. Contribute to atari800/atari800 development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
The HP-35 - some history of the innovation that helped make it happen and how it got its name #hp35 http://codex99.com/design/the-hp35.html
The HP-35

Ault and Wiborg’s art nouveau poster ads.

"Did any user in the world want a user tracking and ad platform baked directly into their browser? Probably not, but this is Google, and they control Chrome, and this probably still won't make people switch to Firefox."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

I stick to #Firefox

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a “topic” list it shares with advertisers.

Ars Technica
Introducing LokiOS. A new version of CP/M, written from Scratch, Compatible with CP/M2.2 Programs.

...Experience in programming (if I remember correctly, that was a study by FreeBSD) has shown that the number of bugs in source code goes up significantly as soon as the relevant code block (function) exceeds the length of the screen. Any additional line will improve quality of life for text...

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